Books: Omnibus of Crime

THE CONJURE-MAN DIES — Rudolph Fisher—Covici, Friede.

DEAD HAXDS REACHING—Marion Scott —Macmillan.

KEEPER OF THE KEYS — Earl Derr Diggers—Bobbs-Merrill.

THE EBOXY BED MURDER—Rufus Gillmore—Mystery League, Inc.

Frimbo, the conjure-man, was a queer one. He lived next to an undertaker and died, apparently, from having a handkerchief stuffed down his throat. It would have been impossible for a normal person to find out who killed him, but not for Dr. Archer, a colored physician almost as erudite as Frimbo himself. Dr. Archer's suggestions proved invaluable to Detective...

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